Engineering a phi15-based expression system for stringent gene expression in Pseudomonas putida by Eveline-Marie Lammens, Daniel C. Volke, Alison Kerremans, Yannick Aerts, Maarten Boon, Pablo I. Nikel, Rob Lavigne

“…A proof-of-concept expression for industrially relevant fluorinase resulted in 2.5- and 5-fold increased yield compared to other widely-adopted expression systems. …”
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Computationally expensive constrained problems via surrogate-assisted dynamic population evolutionary optimization by Zan Yang, Chen Jiang, Jiansheng Liu

“…Empirical studies demonstrate that the SDPOA achieves the best performance among all the compared state-of-the-art algorithms, and the SDPOA can obtain new structures with smaller compliance in the design of polyline-based core sandwich structures.…”
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Decision-making and role preferences for receiving individual pharmacogenomic research results among participants at a Ugandan HIV research institute by Sylvia Nabukenya, Catriona Waitt, Adelline Twimukye, Brian Mushabe, Barbara Castelnuovo, Stella Zawedde-Muyanja, Richard Muhindo, David Kyaddondo, Erisa S. Mwaka

“…Factors that significantly influenced preference for an active role compared with a collaborative role were marital status (OR: 0.282, p = 0.013), research experience (OR: 4.37, p = 0.028), and religion (OR: 2.346, p = 0.041). …”
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The haemodynamic effects of umbilical cord milking in term infants: a randomised controlled trial by Mehmet Tekin, Mahmut Gokdemir, Erzat Toprak, Musa Silahli, Hasan Energin, Zeynel Gokmen

“…Results: Superior vena cava (SVC) flow measurements were higher in the UCM group compared to the ICC group (132.47 ± 37.0 vs. 126.62 ± 34.3 mL/kg/min), but this difference was not statistically significant. …”
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PREDICTING THE LEARNING PATH TO LEARNER’S OPTIMUM COMPREHENSION by Ifeanyi Isaiah Achi, Chukwuemeka Odi Agwu, Christopher Chizoba Nnamene, Sylvester C. Aniobi, Ifebude Barnabas C., Kelechi Christian Oketa, Godson Kenechukwu Ezeh, John Otozi Ugah

“…This indicates an enhanced comprehension state for the learning students compared to the existing mean value function of 46.0. …”
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Reconstruction of climatic events from the 16th century in Transylvania: interdisciplinary analysis based on historical sources by Ovidiu Răzvan Gaceu, Tudor Caciora, Ștefan Baias, Cezar Morar, Mihai Dudaș, Marius Stupariu, Maria Maxim

“…These extreme climatic events profoundly affected society, contributing to food shortages and increased mortality from starvation and diseases (especially the plague). At the same time, compared to the territory of Western Europe, in Transylvania, heat waves and droughts were more frequent in the first half of the 16th century, while in Western Europe, these climatic phenomena were more sporadic and less intense. …”
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Use of Portable Air Purification Systems to Eliminate Aerosol Particles from Patient Rooms by Dominic Dellweg, Gerhard Scheuch, Thomas Voshaar, Dieter Köhler

“…We determined the efficacy of two different indoor air-purification systems and compared them to conventional measures of room ventilation. …”
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Integrating manual annotation with deep transfer learning and radiomics for vertebral fracture analysis by Jing Wang, Zhirui Dong, Huanxin He, Zhiyang Gao, Yukai Huang, Guangcheng Yuan, Libo Jiang, Mingdong Zhao

“…Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis evaluated models, with the best fused with radiomic features via LASSO. AUCs compared via Delong test, and clinical utility assessed by decision curve analysis (DCA). …”
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Unusual open-system behaviour revealed by LA-MC-ICP-MS U–Th dating of coral and coralline algae bio-carbonates by Condomines, Michel, Bruguier, Olivier, Hajji, Inès, Zaara-Ben Mosbah, Chedia

“…The precision on the dates is comparable to those of alpha-spectrometry (around 7.6% on average), but the possibility of multiple in-situ analyses offers other advantages. …”
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A protocol to optimize non-invasive brain stimulation for post-stroke rehabilitation by Ayesha Juhi, Manul Das, Dinesh Bhatia, Suman Dhaka, Rajesh Kumar, Deepak Kumar, Shreya Sharma, Pritam Kumar Chaudhary, Chanchal Goyal, Md Asif Khan, Himel Mondal

“…. • Hemodynamically stable post-stroke patients randomized in four groups in rTMS and tDCS each and their baseline cognitive and motor function assessed • Application of the two types of therapy for 6 weeks • Checking improvement of cognitive and motor function and compare the improvement among subgroups of recipient of various frequencies and currents…”
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Molecular imprinted polymer-based potentiometric approach for the determination of carvedilol and ivabradine hydrochloride in dosage form, spiked human plasma and in presence of th... by Nermine V. Fares, Haitham A. El Fiky, Dina A. Ahmed, Maha F. Abd El Ghany, Amr M. Badawey, Mahmoud A. Tantawy

“…Furthermore, the proposed technique was compared favorably with the official titrimetric and reported spectrophotometric methods for analyzing carvedilol and ivabradine, respectively.…”
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Enhancing electrocatalytic performance of RuO2-based catalysts: mechanistic insights, strategic approaches, and recent advances by Binod Raj KC, Dhananjay Kumar, Bishnu Prasad Bastakoti

“…Ruthenium oxide (RuO _2 ) based materials display high performance for OER and HER because of their capacity to bind oxygen, eminent catalytic activity, low cost compared to other precious metals, and stability in a wide pH range. …”
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Micro-/nanobubble oxygenation irrigation enhances soil phosphorus availability and yield by altering soil bacterial community abundance and core microbial populations by Qingyong Bian, Qingyong Bian, Zhiduo Dong, Yupeng Zhao, Yaozu Feng, Yaozu Feng, Yaozu Feng, Yanbo Fu, Yanbo Fu, Zhiguo Wang, Jingquan Zhu, Liang Ma

“…Therefore, we established two irrigation methods, conventional irrigation (CF) and micro-/nanobubble oxygenation irrigation (MB), to investigate the combined effects on enzyme activity, microbial communities, and soil phosphorus availability in the rhizosphere soil of maize.The results showed that compared to the CF treatment, the MB treatment significantly increased available phosphorus content and alkaline phosphatase activity in maize rhizosphere soil by 21.3% and 15.4%, respectively. …”
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Fishing Industry in Eighteenth-Century Astrakhan Governorate: Eyewitness Accounts of Travelers and St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences Expeditionists by Andrey A. Kurapov

“…The work uses the method of comparative historical analysis to investigate the published notes of travelers, research papers of academic expeditionists, and unpublished archival files of Collection 394 containing descriptions and analyses of the then fishing industry in the Lower Volga, and dealing with arrangements that preceded those academic expeditions in the mid-to-late eighteenth century (in particular, ones headed by S. …”
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The incidence rate of caries on individual tooth surfaces and its distribution by age and gender in clinic patients of Hawler Medical University/College of Dentistry: a retrospecti... by Niaz Hamaghareeb Hamasaeed, Eman Kanabi Mohammed, Kazhin Mahmood Omer, Rayan Amir Bapir

“…This study is aimed to realize the distribution of caries on individual permanent tooth surfaces, and compares these results among various age groups and gender. …”
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Strategic enhancement of joint strength in dissimilar Al/Mg alloys: a workable approach for aerospace application by S. Suresh, Elango Natarajan, Kalaimani Markandan, S. Sudhagar, Gnanasambandam Anbuchezhiyan, R. Elayaraja

“…The incorporation of SiC significantly enhances the strength of the joints, achieving a maximum of 5.68 kN, 22.7% increase compared to SiC-free Al/Mg joints. This improvement underscores potentiality of SiC as a reinforcing element in strengthening dissimilar metal joints and demonstrates the effectiveness of it in dissimilar Al/Mg joints, making them suitable for aerospace and automotive applications.…”
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Characterization and simulation of AlGaN barrier structure effects in normally-off recessed gate AlGaN/GaN MISHEMTs by An-Chen Liu, Hsin-Chu Chen, Po-Tsung Tu, Yan-Lin Chen, Yan-Chieh Chen, Po-Chun Yeh, Chih-I Wu, Shu-Tong Chang, Tsung-Sheng Kao, Hao-Chung Kuo

“…The device with a 5 nm AlGaN remaining thickness exhibited excellent performance, with an I _D,max current of 347 mA mm ^−1 , a V _TH of +2.6 V, and a breakdown voltage (BV) of 830 V, compared to the AlGaN barrier with remaining thicknesses of 3 nm and 2 nm, which only reached 120 V and 75 V, respectively. …”
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VARIATION OF HARMONICS EMISSION FROM MODERN LAMPS IN A POWER SUPPLY NETWORK by RÓBERT ISTÓK

“…This large dimmability range could be obtained only with incandescent and halogen bulbs, compare to CFL compact fluorescent lamps where the maximum dimmability is around of 60%. …”
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Relative Fat Mass, A Better Predictor of Erectile Dysfunction: Insights From the NHANES 2001–2004 by BoWen Yang, HanYu Wang, Luyi Tang, JiuHuan Feng, ShuFang Hou

“…In addition, RFM demonstrated superior predictive capability for ED (AUC = 0.644) compared with BMI (AUC = 0.525) and WC (AUC = 0.612). …”
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RETRACTED: An Infrared Small Target Detection Method Based on a Weighted Human Visual Comparison Mechanism for Safety Monitoring by Yuanyuan Chen, Huiqian Wang, Yu Pang, Jinhui Han, En Mou, Enling Cao

“…In the experimental section, our algorithm was compared with some popular methods, and the experimental findings indicated that our method showed strong detection capability based on the commonly used performance indicators of the ROC curve, SCRG, and BSF, especially in low signal-to-noise ratio situations. …”
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